Submitted by Roc and Ace on Wed, 12/05/2007 - 4:33pm.
Thanks for the question, K.B.! It's a good one --- but it's not easy to answer! The vast majority of our new authors come from agents. How many do we see in a year? I have no idea! 30? 50? 100 or 200 for some editors! (And I'm talking about agented submissions... not unagented. I would guestimate we have 1,000 unagented submissions a year? 1,500? Maybe the Ace editorial assistants will chime in here and disagree...) But there are a few new authors each year who come through other channels. I can think of a couple of recent Ace/Roc authors who were originally unagented. And there are 2 or 3 Ace/Roc debut authors who have come out of conferences. So it does happen!
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Thanks for the question, K.B.! It's a good one --- but it's not easy to answer! The vast majority of our new authors come from agents. How many do we see in a year? I have no idea! 30? 50? 100 or 200 for some editors! (And I'm talking about agented submissions... not unagented. I would guestimate we have 1,000 unagented submissions a year? 1,500? Maybe the Ace editorial assistants will chime in here and disagree...) But there are a few new authors each year who come through other channels. I can think of a couple of recent Ace/Roc authors who were originally unagented. And there are 2 or 3 Ace/Roc debut authors who have come out of conferences. So it does happen!